Ayu: Anything Goes [XXVII]

[Toniayu123]

^wait, wasn’t it uploaded already? I recall watching it in late February and being amazed at her voice lol

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by Toniayu123

^wait, wasn’t it uploaded already? I recall watching it in late February and being amazed at her voice lol

Maybe a fan already uploaded their dvd rip?

MY STORY 2005 will premiere tomorrow.

[pedronekoi]

Hoping for A STADIUM!

[Evolution7/4]

There is something so magical about Ayu singing Deareat in a hula hoop.

[jiarongisme]

Originally Posted by Evolution7/4

There is something so magical about Ayu singing Deareat in a hula hoop.

YES. Dearest in A museum is one of my favourite Ayu performances of all time.

[DavidChaiLatte]

Originally Posted by Evolution7/4

There is something so magical about Ayu singing Deareat in a hula hoop.

It's also crazy how much her voice and singing technique changed in less than 2 years.

[ExodusUK]

It's so nostalgic seeing PECO.

[Aderianu]

quality of AT2005 is great for something, that wasn't released on blu ray

Spoiler:

[voltron]

It's funny how different things can be in hindsight. Skimming through A Museum, I really get a lot of TA Limited Tour 2003 vibes, which was right before this. At the time I really wouldn't say I saw any similarities (and visually there really are none).

Also re-watching the Dearest performance...I was really disappointed in it when this first came out. She did so amazingly with all the TV live performances when Dearest was a single, and this is when her voice was getting deeper and hoarser, and I just felt like it was a let-down. But listening now, it is actually still a really nice performance, if you take it out of the context of the original release.

Looking through some of the Japanese comments on the different tours, they are overwhelmingly positive. The biggest and most consistent complaint I see is that she has too many dancers now - someone even made a distinction of her now doing shows (vs. concerts). I think these releases are really a great reminder for people of her true star power. It may not help her in the long run to gain fans back or sell more, but I think the public opinion of her will continues its uptick for a while.

[mizuki-7]

It’s strange because I watched them all and honestly she always had a lot of people with her on stage ... nonetheless I agree that recently they seems more omnipresent she gives them more space and considering the size of her concerts it’s too much.
Still I dont see a lot of difference in number if I compare the my story tour and the more recent tours.

Besides that yes comments are really good

[Norrel]

Same with Madonna and Cher. As they got older too, the number of dancers seen on stage increased as well, with similar wishes from fans(at least in Madonna's case) that they'd incorporate less dancers or more performances with just them alone on stage.

I noticed from A MUSEUM as well that so many of the performances are just Ayu alone, or with very minimal dancers. In those times, it might have made sense she was still in her prime to have less dancers aka less distractions to take away from the star perhaps?

[Katsuyuki012]

Originally Posted by Norrel

Same with Madonna and Cher. As they got older too, the number of dancers seen on stage increased as well, with similar wishes from fans(at least in Madonna's case) that they'd incorporate less dancers or more performances with just them alone on stage.

I noticed from A MUSEUM as well that so many of the performances are just Ayu alone, or with very minimal dancers. In those times, it might have made sense she was still in her prime to have less dancers aka less distractions to take away from the star perhaps?

The number of dancers has increased but in regards to Cher: Half of the current show is just Cher on her own. Out of 15 songs (or 16, but one is not fully performed), 8 are just Cher and her band. Also, she has 12 dancers atm (including aerialists), whereas she had 18 during her 2008-2011 Vegas show. So the number actually went down.

[//ABEST]

hasn't she said that she feels lonely in the stage or something so that's why she has so many dancer there with her?

i think she didn't have much of a choice when she was on her prime aka until AT09 maybe? she seems to have so much more control over basically everything she does nowadays so maybe she doesn't feel the pressure from avex to be lonely on the stage anymore if you get what i'm saying?

[indigochild]

Watching A MUSEUM is giving me ALLLL the feels omg

It was the very first concert I purchased with my birthday money in early 2005 and I was so happy to have my first Ayu product. I watched that concert every single day after school and was bragging to my friends to check out this "amazing Japanese singer! She's so cool!" lol Damn growing up sucks sooooo much

[mizuki-7]

I don’t think she want a lot of dancers with her on stage just for the sakes of having a lot of them with her. It’s seems to me she want to provide entertainment show and she is just a piece of it while before she was the centerpiece.
Of course she still is the centerpiece but she lets her crew shining more.

I’m not fond about this choice she has enough stage presence to be alone with band members but it’s how she envisions her shows.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by mizuki-7

I don’t think she want a lot of dancers with her on stage just for the sakes of having a lot of them with her. It’s seems to me she want to provide entertainment show and she is just a piece of it while before she was the centerpiece.
Of course she still is the centerpiece but she lets her crew shining more.

I’m not fond about this choice she has enough stage presence to be alone with band members but it’s how she envisions her shows.

I would say the only reason why she can have so much people on stage and still be the centerpiece is because she has a massive stage presence. To me is seens like the amount of dancers is a way of making a grand, extravagant, decadent show... And this is what she is aiming for.

I actually don't mind it. Even if a lot of dancers, Ayu still is the one shining the most and I never got distracted from her.

[mizuki-7]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

To me is seens like the amount of dancers is a way of making a grand, extravagant, decadent show... And this is what she is aiming for.

I actually don't mind it. Even if a lot of dancers, Ayu still is the one shining the most and I never got distracted from her.

I said I am not fond of it but but i don't really mind either it depend of the performances or the songs etc...

[voltron]

^ I agree. I think to Ayu it is part of the "spectacle" of things. And honestly, in an Arena, it's good to fill the stage space a little bit - especially since it seems like there are fewer and fewer actual props, and she has gone the route of relying on screens more to project something (which makes sense, and is likely a lot less expensive). That said, I think there are probably too many for a hall tour. But we know she's extremely attached to her crew, and I don't think she would ever choose to fire someone just because she downsized her venues. Her live musicians can still work on creating live track tracks for her to sing to, but dancers kind of need to be there or there's nothing else.

I think, to some extent, they're more "noticeable" in recent years is that 1 - she doesn't use interlude videos anymore, so they have a more prominent presence in between songs, and 2 - many of them have been with her for a while and they have their own fan-base and persona (Zin, Midori, etc.). But I completely agree that she is still the star, and I don't see them as taking away from her at all.

[Toniayu123]

Originally Posted by voltron

But we know she's extremely attached to her crew, and I don't think she would ever choose to fire someone just because she downsized her venues. Her live musicians can still work on creating live track tracks for her to sing to, but dancers kind of need to be there or there's nothing else.

This. It might be the reason why the band was removed, they could be still working behind the scenes. Though band>>>>>dancers. I don’t see the point of dancers at all, they don’t entertain me.

[attractive nausea]

I think the "real" problem with the dancers is that sometimes in the DVDs the camera focuses on them too much, they should show Ayu singing and not dancers doing some random moves
But when you see her show in real life, they're really not a distraction imo. At least that was the case for the arena tours, I've never been to an hall tour so I cannot tell for those.